Samuel goss



UNITE SAMUEL GOSS, OF MILFORD, NEIV HAMPSHIRE.

MACHINE FOR SAWING CLAPBOARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 226, dated June 3, 1837.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL Goss, of Milford,in the county of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Machines for Sawing Clapboards, which isdescribed as follows, reference being had to the annexed drawings of thesame, making part of this specification.

Figure I represents a perspective view of the machine and Fig. II an endelevation, in which A A A A A represent the frame. Fig. III view of amachine simplified, retaining, however', the same principle.

E E E E is the carriage.

H I-I is the guide which plays upon pivots at each end, one of which isseen at 29. These pivots play in sockets in the arms P P. These arms aremade fast by bolts or screws and may be moved aside if required. Theymay be cogged on the under side and moved forward by pinions on a axleturned by a crank as seen at a Fig. III.

m, Fig I, is a lever rising from the guide and plays against the screwgages g g in a space equal to the thick edge of the clap board, or thelever may have two ears at the top with the gage screws passing throughthem, with an upright from the arm playing between the screws, as seenin Fig. III.

The carriage is constructed with a leaf, the outer edge of which 7) bplays up and down by means of pivots in the ends of the leaf, one ofwhich is seen at p, Fig. I, or the carriage may be without the movableleaf on pivotsuthe leaf having a ledging around its edge projectingdownward and raised or canted on one side by a lever, Z Fig. III. K inFigs. I and II a ratchet wheel upon the end of a shaft running under thecarriage and connected with it. On this shaft is a cam or eccentric cFig. II which strikes a projection f on the under side ofthe shelf, andlifts it, or lets it fall when the ratchet hits the stationary catch F,in moving the carriage. This ratchet wheel and shaft mayv be omitted ifrequired and the shaft raised in the manner before described by thelever Z.

T T is a shelf supported by standards con nectedk with the beams B B b(constructed so as to be easily removed when the shingle carriage isoperated) designed to pass off the clap boards when sawed. lv is astandard for same purpose.

To prepare the machine for operation the bolt is placed upon thecarriage with the leaf raised, so that one end shall press against theresta?" and one side press against the guide, which will be so movedthat the lever m Awill hit against the outer gage g. The saw being putin motion the carriage is moved forward till a cut has been made thelength of the bolt. The carriage is then moved back to its originalposition and when the ratchet wheel hits the catch E the leaf fallsl andthe guide being turned till the lever hits the other screw gage, and thebolt pressed up to it, the carriage is again moved forward by hand andanother cut is made. 0n the return of the carriage, the shelf is againraised and so on-the thick and thin edge of the clap boards being takenalternaltely from the Lipper and lower edge of the bo t.

The applicant claims no part of said machine as new and as hisinvention, excepting the guide as above specified, connected with thescrew gages and the shelf moved by the cam as above specified for sawingclap boards. I

. SAMUEL GOSS.

Witnesses:

JosErHUs BALDWIN, S. K. LIVERMORE.

